Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Celebrities
Win the lottery? Have Stig take you for a spin
Lottery winners can often have subhuman tendencies, so it's only natural that you'd want to hang out with equally awful subset of humanity, racing drivers. The Stig is a perfect representation of those with abnormally high levels of octane in their blood, and his/its services around Silverstone were purchased for £35,000 at a charity auction buy a lottery winner recently in reciept of £5 million. The Stig's passenger got three rain-soaked laps for a price of £11,666 per, and the Stig's performance, even on rain tires, was enough to impress Fernando Alonso. For the same price, you might be able to hire a passel of goons to abduct the esteemed Stigginator and pop that darn helmet off, though that particular scenario might be as creepy as the Darth Vader death scene in Return Of The Jedi. [Source: Top Gear]
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letstakeawalk 7:09PM (7/12/2008)
Not only does the Stig have high-octane blood, some say that his breath can be bottled and used as a more effective and powerful form of nitrous...
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Seminole 7:54PM (7/12/2008)
Some say he has three nipples, and that his farts are used to power the Space Shuttle. All I know is he's called the Stig!
Joce03 8:36PM (7/12/2008)
Some say his genitals are upside-down...
Torrent 8:45PM (7/12/2008)
I'd rip that helmet off when riding next to you. Watch it'll be David Hasselhoff.
Anik 9:59PM (7/13/2008)
Some say that if you tune to fm 88.1 anywhere in the world, you can hear his thoughts.
steveo391 7:48PM (7/12/2008)
I don't think you can remove the stigs helmet, it's probably part of his anatomy.
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Dr. Nick 8:14PM (7/12/2008)
I was watching an episode of Top Gear recently where the guys and the Stig compete in a real 24 hour race at Silverstone with a 3 series diesel, and according to the show The Stig seems to just obliterate people.. like he moved up 20 places in his first 2 hours after they had to start from pit lane. Are there any other episodes where the Stig objectively demonstrates his skill?
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Slashlabs 9:39PM (7/12/2008)
There was an episode where the Stig drove the Reasonably Priced Car around the track, and was faster than everybody, even the F1 drivers they had on a few seasons ago.
why not the LS2LS7? 1:39AM (7/13/2008)
Although Hamilton was only 0.1 sec slower, despite being on a wet track.
why not the LS2LS7? 1:59AM (7/13/2008)
Oh, I forgot to mention. I know it's a downer, but in the kind of race they were in, you make a ton of places just not breaking and since they get so much more fuel than gas cars, by not stopping in the pits.
See the amount of trouble they had with their car? Many other teams had similar troubles. Just stay out on track and you'll pass them until you break yourself.
So if you take that into account and then add in a good driver and you can make up quite a few places.
Also note that the Stig's best lap time was over a second worse than the best lap time of the other team with a 3-series Diesel. See here.
http://www.tsl-timing.com/eerc/2007/73663.pdf
The Top Gear team completed 2/3rds the distance that the winning team did (obviously partially due to breakdowns), and the teams with the top 2 Diesels completed 25% more laps than the Top Gear team did, although their fastest laps were slower than team TG's, probably because neither had nearly the same HP as team TG, since they were driving a BMW 120d and a Golf TDi.
Moreno53 12:27PM (7/14/2008)
Uh no...
The Stig moved up those 18 spots in two hours by slicing the field of racers to ribbons, not because of engine or other breakdowns. If you watched the episode it showed him making up as much as a second a lap on every lap for those two hours and actually passing the competition. The breakdowns and lap passing came after that point.
Mwmorph 8:20PM (7/12/2008)
Best £35k ever spent
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Mwmorph 8:21PM (7/12/2008)
Best use of £35k ever...
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Seanross 8:48PM (7/12/2008)
I dont have 35k but I'd give up my left egg fertilizer
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Mobius_1 9:15PM (7/12/2008)
How much would Alonso cost? But I'm not sure he's as good as a real tame racing driver though...
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Zane 9:41PM (7/12/2008)
...."and his/its services around Silverstone were purchased for £35,000 at a charity auction buy a lottery winner"....
"Buy"? Now that doesn't make any sense, does it?
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paul34 10:22PM (7/12/2008)
Well, what they probably meant is that the Stig donated his time - and the "price" went to the charity. This is how most charity auctions work, if I am not mistaken.
Nathan 1:12AM (7/13/2008)
If I'm not mistaken, Paul, Zane was referring to the incorrect use of "buy" instead of "by" in the article.
If I had that kind of cash, I would might have tried to buy the ride too, depending on the vehicle. By and by, I'd like to buy a Focus RS and a home in the UK by the sea.
Richardh 6:55AM (7/13/2008)
Very cool I'd totally dump 35k to get driven around the track in an open wheeler by stiggy :)
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TK 9:00AM (7/13/2008)
Ooh Stig.--Ooh stupid.
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